17 Adding a Splash of Color to Your Web Designs
This chapter covers
- Learning some color basics
- Understanding how CSS uses color
- Applying a color to an element
- Adding background colors
- Creating color gradients
CSS offers all the tools you need to add a dash of color to your headings, text, links, and backgrounds. You learn how to use those tools in this chapter, as well as how to wield a few special CSS tools for building color gradients that will raise the “wow” factor on your pages.
Understanding Colors
The good news about understanding colors for use in your web designs is that you don’t need to understand much. Yes, entire books have been written on color theory, but you don’t need to be versed in the physics of optics to create beautiful, ...
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